Cultivator-fender.



D. J. ORTON.

GULTIVATOR FENDER APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1912.

7 1,037,654, Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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ammwtjoz V D. J. ORTON. GULTIVATOR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1912.

1,037,654, Patented Sept. 3, 1912.

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1337, 654 ii sp ec ificatibnofiiet'ters Patent? 5 Iowa, have inventedcertain new and iuseful Improvements in Cultivator-Fenders; and I do declare the followingto be a' full,-clear, and exact description ofv the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use-the same. 'm 1 This invention relates to improvements in fenders or shields for cultivators. 7 =1: One object of the invention is to providea shield or fender of this character having 13,11 improved means for. attaching the .samegto the beam of a cultivator wherebyithezfenlden may be readily-removed .when des red without the use of tools. 1 .57

Another objectis to prOvide-agfenderlat tachment for cultivators having Pmeans whereby the fender blades may be adjusted laterally to a greater, or less distancefrom the cultivator blade or shovel. With these and other objects inview, ;the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as willbe more fully described and claimed. J}. In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a cultivator showing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view through one beam of the cultivator'and through the attaching mechanism of the fender; Fig. 3is'a. verti calsectional view. through the; fender at taching mechanism taken on-the ;line ;3- 3 of Fig. 2. F ig.4= is a similarview-taken on the line H of Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is adetail perspective view of one of the fender blades removed from the plow; Figqfi is a -.detail perspective view of one of the outer clamp; ing plates of the fender attaching mecha nism; Fig. 7 is a similar view oi the ad ustable beam engaging and clampsupporting plates. 12: 5am My improved-shield or fender compr ses a pair of blades ,1 which may beofi anylsuit able sizeand. shape and which are here shown as being of rectangular oblongshape and as having their. forward ends formed at an angle from the lower towardthnlpper edge Qt b ef 1 T t a mies at ilpplication aieiiibmi s, ieia Seria1 1:Io. ceasga g Patented s pt. 3, 1912.

the blades, are connected thelower sections 2 @of 7 :blade attaching; shanks. The; lower sections. 2 of. the shanks are arranged on andaprojectnupwardly. from the forward r endsuot theebla'desba't' a suitable angle and theguppeniore inner ends of said sections are bent at substantially right, angles and in said right, angularly bent ends-are .formed longitudinally disposed 'slots 3( The upper Y sect-i on A; Off the blade attaching shanks have their inner-ends bent at rightangles and provided with longitudinal slots 5. The slotted-"endslofv, the: upper section of the shanks'overlap and have an adjustable. con- :1

nection with; each other to permit the blades to be, shiftedjrlaterally. The adjustableconnection; between; the overlapping ends of theshank'ajs effected by-means of a guide platefi engaged, with one side of one of the 1.:

ends? ota/the shanks and having its edges bent -at right; angles,- to form flanges 7 WlllCli engage the-edges of .the overlapping ends of the shanks and hold said .ends in alinement. .,iIn serted throughthe plate; 6 and throughlthe; slots 5.in the overlapping ends off-the shankjsections is a clamping bolt 8 havinga nutQ which when tightened up on thebolt g securely clamps the overlapping ends'oii the shanks .togetherandthereby hold the same. in thei r' adjusted position. In .the upper edges of the forward ends of the upper sections e of the shanks are shank attaching, notches 1Q the purpose of which will b rh nafier. de c be e Seoured; to ,.opposite- ;sides of the cultiv tor iibeam'i-by t rs y disposed clamping bplt ll; are fender attaching devices eachof whichcomprises an inner plate 12 and{an., outer p late 18, said outer plate having its inner side recessed 'as shown at 14 to, form b etween the same and the outer side of .the-innerplate a (space of sufiicient widt t o a drpit the notched-endbf the uppei' sectionile of thelfender shank, fThe to. the; CHltlVQtOIi bGam-Q Byattaching the 1 shanks of they tothe plow beam in the v described it. ,will be seen I that it is simply necessary to swing the fenders 105 e ratdla tad seese at not h s of by reversing the detaching operation.

By means of the attaching mechanism shown and described the fendersgmayi-ybe;

readily engaged with and removed from the.

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In order to hold the attaching'plates"in ot-the fender,-I'- provi e-a plate' 'holding mechanism comprising an upper beam en gagingplate or: member 15 having on= its upper edge an I inwardly projecting-' right angular-:fiange 16 which projects over-or engages the upper side'f of'the'pl'owbeam and has on its lnner'edge a pair of centrally disposed lugs 17 adapted to fit over and en gage the opposite sides of the-bolt 11'. ";Coactmg-with-theupper plate or I'n'embe'r 15 is a -lpwer=plateor member l8v having on its i lower edge an outwardly projecting right angulanstop itlangeilfil which engages the lower edge of the inner end attaching plate 12. 11 1 the upperedge of theplate 18 is a rectangular notch '20 of suiiicient width to receive'thelugsM' on the upper plate, said lugshaving a close sliding engagement with the notch 20 as shown. 'By constructing the plates 15 and 1S in the manner'described it willbe seenthat said' plates may be adjusted to permitjthe'same' to be employed in connection with plowbeams of difierent width. When these plates are arranged in the mannerdescribed'the engagement of the flanges onthe outer 'ed'ges thereof with the upper sides'of the'beam and with the lower edges of thefenderattaching plates, said plates will be prevented} from turning 'on the bolt 11 and willthi'rs'holdthefenders in proper poitf gi 12 11 1 {1, i

, By;:E orming theshanks of the fendersfin adjustably connectedsections as h'erein's'hown and described it will be*seen that thefender blades "may be readily adjusted toward or from the blade orshovel of the cultivator,

' thusi permitting e tto be efiectively employed whenthe"cultivatoris used for worln'n very'small corn "or'other plants or large p ants of corn. #11

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying l drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will" be readily understood with out requiring a mo're extended? eitplanation.

, Various changes inthe form,' proportion and the minordetails offlconstruction may be" resorted 'to without asp arting from 'the principle orsacrificingfany of, the advanta es'of the invention asshown. '7 aving .thus described invention,'what I l im at-A ."y:- I. A fender for eultivators' comprising a pair of blades, attaching shanks secured at theirs-lower ends to said-;bla des-and having upper ends "attachinginetehesg' fender attaching plates arranged on the cultivatoa loearrn,,a. bolt arranged through said bean rand plates whereby the latter are seadapted to be detachably engaged with said bOItQand'ineans'td-titHd said attaching plates proper position and to prevent the sagging pair of *fenderbladesy attaching shanks formed in upper andlower adjustably =con-' nected sections, said lower sectionshavin I their lower ends secured to the fenderblades' and said upper sections having-in their" up per i ends attaching notches, f said seetions having their inner ends slotted and bent at right angles, means to secure -the slotted right-angularly bent inner ends of 'said shank sections together whereby the fender blades'may be shifted laterally towardxi'ahd from the shovel of the cultivator and attach ing devices secured to the beam ofithe cultivatorand adapted to receive the notched up per ends of said fenders whereby the latter andthefender--'blades are detachably secured to'the cultivator beam.

3. A fender for cultivators comprising' a pair of-"fender blades, 'attaching' shanks formed in upper and" lower adjustably connected sections, said lower sections having their lower ends secured to the fender blades and said upper sections having-in their upper ends attach-ing notches, said sections having their inner ends slotted and bent at right angles, a guide plate having flanges adapted to engage the edges of the slotted right angular lnner ends of the shank sections, a clamping bolt arranged 1 through said plate and through said slotted ends-of the sections whereby they are adjustably connected and held inalinement to permit the fender blades to be adjusted to ward or 'from the shovel of the cultivator, attaching'devices secured to the cultivator plate holding members; having on their 'uppt'er'edges beam engaging 'fla'ngesiand "on t ea lower edges'bolt" engaging 'lugs'fadapted toengag the plate I'asteningbolt', said lower members having on their lower edges for cultivators comprising a flanges adapted to engage the lower edges In testimony whereof I have hereunto set of the fender attaching plates and having in my hand in presence of two subscribing 10 their lower edges rectangular notches adapt- Witnesses. ed to receive the lugs on thelower edges of the upper members whereby said members DANIEL ORTON' have an interlocking engagement and there- Witnesses: I by hold the fender attaching plates against CHAS. D. GOLDSMITH, turning on their attaching bolt. J. M. HENDRICKS.

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